Manager - Legal & Compliance - Insurance Broking Firm - LLB

Roles and Responsibilities :

Seeking NLU passouts with 2 to 5 years experience

Background The Firm :

A global leader in insurance broking and innovative risk management solutions, With annual revenue over US$20 billion and nearly 75,000 colleagues worldwide, our client helps their clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading firms.

Role Requirements :

- Provide analysis and counsel on a range of legal issues, including corporate issues, business structures and models, M&A, property-related issues, employment issues, insurance and reinsurance.

- Drafting and review of contracts and related documents for delivering service to clients and for procurement of goods and services, which inter-alia includes NDA, MSA, LIA, TOBA, international TSA, etc. bearing in mind requirements emanating from insurance laws.

- Experience of dealing with cross border group entities would be an added advantage

- Negotiate terms of contracts with internal and external stakeholders

- Analyse a broad range of complex laws and regulations affecting the operations of the Company including those arising from corporate structures and business models

- Develop company's strategy in defending end enforcing suits.

- Engage outside counsel on complex legal issues, and supervise and coordinate all work sent to external law firms

- Develop a network of outside counsel to advice and represent the Company in consumer forums and other adjudicating forums

- Deal with enforcement agencies like police, CBI, ED, IT authorities, as and when required

- Anticipate and identify legal issues that concerns the organization and develop legal strategies and solutions, to mitigate exposure to the Company.

- Manage reviews and audits by internal & external auditors, IRDAI, etc. from a legal perspective.

- Identify and assess emerging changes in legislative & regulatory landscape impacting business and take corrective action including creation of new processes and systems.

- Create playbooks and standard templates for new business requirements.

- Educate the business teams from time to time on legal ways of working.

- Prepare MIS to keep management and Board informed of critical legal issues

- Keep up to date records of all deliverables and documents

Technical Skills :

- MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

General Skills :

- Excellent drafting and effective negotiation skills.

- Practical lawyering acumen, including the ability to balance risk and commercial imperatives.

- Efficient, ability to prioritize workload and multi-task.

- Tested project management skills.

- Detail-oriented and able to function well independently,

- Collaborative mindset with ability to work in diverse local and international setting.

- Ability to interact and communicate effectively with all levels of staff, including senior management and external stakeholders.

- Ability to manage team members and lend supervisory support to junior colleagues

Prior Experience :

- 6-8 years of in-house experience

- Experience working in an MNC in India

- Knowledge of general corporate law and insurance law.

- Experience handling high volume of contract review, drafting and negotiation

- Experience of handling employment and commercial litigations Insurance industry experience preferred.

Education/Qualification :

- LLB from a reputed law school (Premium LLB i.e. NLU passport experience)

- Additional qualification in insurance/finance/secretarial practice is desirable

Role : Manager - Legal Compliance

Industry Type : Insurance

Functional Area : Legal, Regulatory, Intellectual Property

Employment Type : Full Time, Permanent

Location : Mumbai